Re: HBO gets to get back to making good content (I hope)
I would say HBO/Cinemax creation had producers and directors nearly camping at the door before AT&T.
Cinemax [now closed production studio] projects gave creators a place to "make cinema" without suits up their butt. The series "Banshee" was a weekly jaw-dropping event. Marketing : Web site with backstory videos for each season (other studios now copy). DVD sets with commentary. And more.
That established production house was shot in the back of the head and buried, as far as I know. HBO being the tent for the more racy Cinemax (people less dressed was my tag).
Who knows. Discovery -- Science, History, house/Garden, cooking, well scripted Reality TV series that fans love.
I figure micro-bundles content with HBO pulling in new subscriptions. The Cable Company bundle of stupid channels with HBO/Cinemax/Showtime unique content helping draw people is dead. Ron Harris girls on Showtime - google it.
I did hear about Roku getting it's hardware in the TV instead of HDMI interface. Never followed up. Roku AVI that is currently in place would be a problem.
Streaming on a computer is always an exercise in controlling anger at sloppy motion. My TVroom LEDHD TV with Amazon Fire TV (HDMI) does not have quality errors. AV1 hardware changes for quality would require me to buy new Amazon TV thingy.
Roku via HDMI would be the same; If hardware is in the TV then there is a reason Roku is bitchy, customer will not be happy paying twice for a quality improvement.
I'm waiting for AT&T to sell Warner to Discovery. My HBO max is via Amazon Prime as is Disney+ (Amazon Fire TV). Peacock TV prem is no cost because Xfinity and Peacock app on mobile/tablet/Kindle Fire HD.
The Amazon TV thingy has Beta Xfinity Stream app but Peacock TV is a demo. NBC sports channel programming is moving to Peacock so expect NBC Sports app to change. I was not happy when I saw Amazon TV Thingy' is waiting for Peacock TV.
Content, stuff I like to watch, is being spread across several apps like labels are back, IMDb TV is Amazon Free w/ ads.
Don't worry we have been trained by Microsoft to buy new PC when update requires new I/O, Video, RAM, storage. i'm staying with HDMI devices in the hope I never see, "upgrade TV to run new features".
No evidence. I Reckon there is dirt that some "farmer" from (place) keeps in a jar, for emergencies.
I have no idea how much watershed damage a diary farm can do. Growing up dealing with Hogs and rows of garden crop with a small pond -- Animal waste in fresh water .. Chart says Nitrates, Ortho phosphates ..
Taking care of livestock means taking care of your groundwater and ponds. Big Agra in his pocket? Never mind Not-My-Problem.
What Facebook (I have account that is more placeholder; check it and go.) did as concept of hooking up with people became a hollow attempt at Customer Service by Brands. Then election campaigns, and then egotistical officials who are offended if someone calls out their bull shit. The public part is what makes these people unhinged. The old days the voter or critic did not have access - newspapers and fixers did the messy cleaning.
Hollywood and elected officials did not deal with "people" except in a controlled event. TV and radio insulated them. Life was good.
Did anyone ever IRC with campaign website? To hard for staff. Not free.
Twitter and Facebook could have avoided politicians by not allowing them. Forums which are very topic directed plus it is not a message system has MODS. OP going on a noisy rant does not go very far -- I send OP to Off-Topic. Bad hair day. Next time that OP goes ranting in double posts or starts posts of crazy shit -- (A) is this person usually a good poster? (B) Is this just Trolling? if(A) week off by lock . If (B) good bye forever.
Using rules from Forum Era on a real-time message system is why fail is the norm. The people on twitter are just as bad as they wish to be and Facebook is just --- Fk FB for thinking a hookup site should invite the absolute worst people in "for conversation" ; these people don't converse they mandate. In their mind they are above reproach. (but now that it is obvious and kicking them out is not going to work).
Back to that elite board, it must be for PR reasons. Sure FB you must define forever because, forever is stretchy for strategy folks.
Damn, operating a legal Porn site wold be a snooze because it is not a message system unless it is designed for it. See, gov'ment hammered on that until it got its way, many very bad laws so far.
The Board seems to be confused by basic procedure - bad gets tossed in the trunk and the cop on the take buries OP in the swamp. If it is covered by 1st Amendment that is the boards job. Get it. However the success of fixing Hunan Nature is science fiction.
First, I don't buy anything from McDonald's - I hate it. However, I have tried to fetch a cone of ice cream for wife, i'm 0 for 3 tries.
Well, it seams there is a kinda DRM thing called -secret menu + outrages tech support contract mandate that is nothing more than a cash cow secret code a tech enters.
That is the start - Wired has long read with all the info.
All Sony has to do is issue a patch that turns off the phone home when battery is replaced. Only Sony is so sneaky as to brick devices that are being archived for history reasons. Yes, I know that bit of code is only there because resell hardware is piracy in the product suit's mind.
I avoid Sony products like they are poisonous animals. Last Item was LCD HD TV with Blu-ray player (pre 2012).
Maybe I will dump PS-0[?],disk drive, RF thingy to F-connector, two memory cards in front, and stuff in boxes.
You should not forget a 2 party system both parties are at fault
Yes, the Democrats have their favorite horse to beat as well as Republicans. The part that people miss is they scratch each others back.
I also point out that the moose and squirrel, I mean dems and repubs are not Reagan or Kennedy parties; globalism has forced them into junkyard dogs that have to pick their fights carefully.
In this case all the bullshit is proving marketing access to internet service is just a hot air ballon. All the money that Capital Hill gets for campaigns means nothing short of overhaul campaign financing will begin to fix the finger pointing.
“The U.S. hundred is the international currency of bad shit, Hollis, and by the same token the number one target of counterfeiters.”
― William Gibson
The drug war excuse got us pretty new bills that still get faked.
The agenda is still fight crime via banking. Credit Cards = location, wire xfers = what happened history, and all that tax crime information.
This is just the next "war on" thing that mines data for law enforcement. Since the "children" are the ones saved by not handling legal "adult streaming content" there is no foul.
I mean that. All of the so called social media platforms were fun before politicians jumped in and started their Us versus Them crap. All parties are taking money from "Big Tech" and making noise like they know something. The problem? There is only one problem - platforms did not ban elected officials before they figured out how to game the platforms.
Here we are fussing over nonsense statements made by people paid to say nonsense.
Lifetime Appointment is not bad in my opinion. What is bad is Thomas making statements that are out of touch with reality. The question is why are the other Justices allowing this?
Maybe there is a retire him for cause? I have no idea how that would work - study time.
I'm sad the man I respect has started cutting out paper dolls.
I didn't listen to hearing 'cause reasons. I did read a headline that said the children on Facebook got big outrage, committee member implied FB knows under 13yo are using FB and that is illegal. Of course it is a trap so committee can say "the law was broken" (all caps). I just stopped reading because the disingenuousness was too much for me.
I do not play casino games, cards, dice, fantasy sports so I may not get why suing for losses makes sense
It all begins with the phrase, "Download app for free". I think I see how Virtual Casino works, it's a game that you pay real money via credit card, to play. When you get stuck in some bad luck at poker, fold, the "points" which were purchased go to the house. When you get winning hand of poker your "points" go up.
If it's a bad luck day and the player hits up credit card to keep playing to get back to even then it's the player who is to blame. I don't understand how playing a game via app, which has all kinds of warnings about "in app purchases" gets lawsuit.
Maybe I'm missing the point - Not a physical casino, a game, the game is doing something like pay $xx.xx to get to the next level but in terms of raise, call or fold.
Horse Racing and State Law:
I bet the ponies now and then, it's fun. Going to the track is why it is fun - can't imagine betting on Virtual Horses in a game app, it is pointless. The difference is horse betting via regulated off track betting (OTB) app is not a game, live races, real money. I was in South Carolina trying to bet on a horse race using the app interface to OTB and got "Login not allowed from state you are located".
There are many reasons for that and I could not say why. I wonder if something as mundane as suing to recapture losses is one reason.
How wrong am I? Really, they were playing simcity or other connected people and lost - walk away or don't play any game that wants $ so you advance.
On the post: After 50,000 Layoffs And Absolute Chaos, AT&T Ends Its Bungled Media Experiment
Re: HBO gets to get back to making good content (I hope)
I would say HBO/Cinemax creation had producers and directors nearly camping at the door before AT&T.
Cinemax [now closed production studio] projects gave creators a place to "make cinema" without suits up their butt. The series "Banshee" was a weekly jaw-dropping event. Marketing : Web site with backstory videos for each season (other studios now copy). DVD sets with commentary. And more.
That established production house was shot in the back of the head and buried, as far as I know. HBO being the tent for the more racy Cinemax (people less dressed was my tag).
Who knows. Discovery -- Science, History, house/Garden, cooking, well scripted Reality TV series that fans love.
I figure micro-bundles content with HBO pulling in new subscriptions. The Cable Company bundle of stupid channels with HBO/Cinemax/Showtime unique content helping draw people is dead. Ron Harris girls on Showtime - google it.
HBO label will be like Amazon Studios - producer
On the post: Roku Users Lose Access To YouTube TV As Dumb Contract Fights Shift From Cable TV To Streaming
Roku hardware in TV
I did hear about Roku getting it's hardware in the TV instead of HDMI interface. Never followed up. Roku AVI that is currently in place would be a problem.
Streaming on a computer is always an exercise in controlling anger at sloppy motion. My TVroom LEDHD TV with Amazon Fire TV (HDMI) does not have quality errors. AV1 hardware changes for quality would require me to buy new Amazon TV thingy.
Roku via HDMI would be the same; If hardware is in the TV then there is a reason Roku is bitchy, customer will not be happy paying twice for a quality improvement.
I'm waiting for AT&T to sell Warner to Discovery. My HBO max is via Amazon Prime as is Disney+ (Amazon Fire TV). Peacock TV prem is no cost because Xfinity and Peacock app on mobile/tablet/Kindle Fire HD.
The Amazon TV thingy has Beta Xfinity Stream app but Peacock TV is a demo. NBC sports channel programming is moving to Peacock so expect NBC Sports app to change. I was not happy when I saw Amazon TV Thingy' is waiting for Peacock TV.
Content, stuff I like to watch, is being spread across several apps like labels are back, IMDb TV is Amazon Free w/ ads.
Don't worry we have been trained by Microsoft to buy new PC when update requires new I/O, Video, RAM, storage. i'm staying with HDMI devices in the hope I never see, "upgrade TV to run new features".
You know that is next.
On the post: The Flopping Of Trump's Blog Proves That It's Not Free Speech He's Upset About; But Free Reach
Re: Re: We Knew It Was Just Political
Free Reach. Thanks I did not know who coined the term.
I was hoping to page thru without hitting the "Blue Wall Of Death", AKA Voice in Koby's head.
Whatever that means - Fell asleep on Prophesy 4 again. (sorry)
On the post: DOJ Sent A Grand Jury Subpoena To Twitter Demanding The Unmasking Of A Twitter User Being Sued By Devin Nunes
Re: Umm.
No evidence. I Reckon there is dirt that some "farmer" from (place) keeps in a jar, for emergencies.
I have no idea how much watershed damage a diary farm can do. Growing up dealing with Hogs and rows of garden crop with a small pond -- Animal waste in fresh water .. Chart says Nitrates, Ortho phosphates ..
Taking care of livestock means taking care of your groundwater and ponds. Big Agra in his pocket? Never mind Not-My-Problem.
On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 282: The Facebook Oversight Board's Trump Decision
Re: A flaw in the board
What Facebook (I have account that is more placeholder; check it and go.) did as concept of hooking up with people became a hollow attempt at Customer Service by Brands. Then election campaigns, and then egotistical officials who are offended if someone calls out their bull shit. The public part is what makes these people unhinged. The old days the voter or critic did not have access - newspapers and fixers did the messy cleaning.
Hollywood and elected officials did not deal with "people" except in a controlled event. TV and radio insulated them. Life was good.
Did anyone ever IRC with campaign website? To hard for staff. Not free.
Twitter and Facebook could have avoided politicians by not allowing them. Forums which are very topic directed plus it is not a message system has MODS. OP going on a noisy rant does not go very far -- I send OP to Off-Topic. Bad hair day. Next time that OP goes ranting in double posts or starts posts of crazy shit -- (A) is this person usually a good poster? (B) Is this just Trolling? if(A) week off by lock . If (B) good bye forever.
Using rules from Forum Era on a real-time message system is why fail is the norm. The people on twitter are just as bad as they wish to be and Facebook is just --- Fk FB for thinking a hookup site should invite the absolute worst people in "for conversation" ; these people don't converse they mandate. In their mind they are above reproach. (but now that it is obvious and kicking them out is not going to work).
Back to that elite board, it must be for PR reasons. Sure FB you must define forever because, forever is stretchy for strategy folks.
Damn, operating a legal Porn site wold be a snooze because it is not a message system unless it is designed for it. See, gov'ment hammered on that until it got its way, many very bad laws so far.
The Board seems to be confused by basic procedure - bad gets tossed in the trunk and the cop on the take buries OP in the swamp. If it is covered by 1st Amendment that is the boards job. Get it. However the success of fixing Hunan Nature is science fiction.
I'm done.
On the post: New Jersey State Legislators Think They Can Get Trump Back On Facebook By Passing A Stupid Social Media Moderation Bill
Re: ban em all
My take is not allow politicians, Elected Officials on platforms. Was fun before they figured it out - free campaign shouts 24hrs a day.
The old forums that had some noisy days were not message machines anyone could piss on - mod says bye and the planet could care less.
Twitter you took microblog code (fun stuff for custom communities) and gave the least humble people access - politicians.
Nice.
On the post: New Jersey State Legislators Think They Can Get Trump Back On Facebook By Passing A Stupid Social Media Moderation Bill
Re: ban em all
My take is not allow politicians, Elected Officials on platforms. Was fun before they figured it out - free campaign shouts 24hrs a day.
The old forums that had some noisy days were not message machines anyone could piss on - mod says bye and the planet could care less.
Twitter you took microblog code (fun stuff for custom communities) and gave the least humble people access - politicians.
Nice.
On the post: Bipartisan FTC Study Confirms Everything 'Right to Repair' Advocates Have Been Saying For Years
Ever try to buy soft serve ice cream at McD's?
First, I don't buy anything from McDonald's - I hate it. However, I have tried to fetch a cone of ice cream for wife, i'm 0 for 3 tries.
Well, it seams there is a kinda DRM thing called -secret menu + outrages tech support contract mandate that is nothing more than a cash cow secret code a tech enters.
That is the start - Wired has long read with all the info.
On the post: Disney Got Itself A 'If You Own A Themepark...' Carveout From Florida's Blatantly Unconstitutional Social Media Moderation Bill
Re: Re:
The best solution would be not allowing elected officials to vreate accounts on social media.
Oops, not sorry.
The other situation called cancel culture is the oil politicians use to silence people they disagree with.
here is a video I found interesting because PR has no use in shutting up people who don't care -- https://youtu.be/7Alen-p6_ak
On the post: Disney Got Itself A 'If You Own A Themepark...' Carveout From Florida's Blatantly Unconstitutional Social Media Moderation Bill
Re: Re:
I want the time I spent reading the bill put to good use. Ther I just setup the whole problem.
The bill trys to use anti-trust as the hammer. Two-thirds of the bill describe fun ways to use "anti-trust violator list" as the back door.
It is all a scam and of course the minor Disney exception is all about tourist industry.
Boring bullshit that even I can see as dead in the courts.
On the post: Baltimore Prosecutor Asks FCC To Go After Local News Broadcasters She Doesn't Like
Missing the point
Baltimore City, is just full of "make crime seem low grandstanding".
City officials trying to talk their way out of a mess they created. Of course city police are the cream of law and order -- for all.
Same Shit Different Day. Just noise by the democrats who do nothing .
On the post: Sony Reverses Course On Shutting Down PlayStation Store For PS3, Vita Devices
This issue has a solution
All Sony has to do is issue a patch that turns off the phone home when battery is replaced. Only Sony is so sneaky as to brick devices that are being archived for history reasons. Yes, I know that bit of code is only there because resell hardware is piracy in the product suit's mind.
I avoid Sony products like they are poisonous animals. Last Item was LCD HD TV with Blu-ray player (pre 2012).
Maybe I will dump PS-0[?],disk drive, RF thingy to F-connector, two memory cards in front, and stuff in boxes.
I don't game now but have disks.
On the post: The GOP Is Using Veterans As Props To Demonize Net Neutrality
You should not forget a 2 party system both parties are at fault
Yes, the Democrats have their favorite horse to beat as well as Republicans. The part that people miss is they scratch each others back.
I also point out that the moose and squirrel, I mean dems and repubs are not Reagan or Kennedy parties; globalism has forced them into junkyard dogs that have to pick their fights carefully.
In this case all the bullshit is proving marketing access to internet service is just a hot air ballon. All the money that Capital Hill gets for campaigns means nothing short of overhaul campaign financing will begin to fix the finger pointing.
On the post: Mastercard Lays Down New Rules For Streaming Sites That Require Them To Review Content Before Publication
Cash has such a bad rap
Remember this quote?
“The U.S. hundred is the international currency of bad shit, Hollis, and by the same token the number one target of counterfeiters.”
― William Gibson
The drug war excuse got us pretty new bills that still get faked.
The agenda is still fight crime via banking. Credit Cards = location, wire xfers = what happened history, and all that tax crime information.
This is just the next "war on" thing that mines data for law enforcement. Since the "children" are the ones saved by not handling legal "adult streaming content" there is no foul.
Just ask Federal Reserve. (shrug)
On the post: Republican's 'Big Tech Accountability' Platform Calls For Both More And Less Moderation, And A 'Not Fairness Doctrine' Fairness Doctrine
It is the nature of politics to ruin fun stuff
I mean that. All of the so called social media platforms were fun before politicians jumped in and started their Us versus Them crap. All parties are taking money from "Big Tech" and making noise like they know something. The problem? There is only one problem - platforms did not ban elected officials before they figured out how to game the platforms.
Here we are fussing over nonsense statements made by people paid to say nonsense.
Sorry about the rant.
On the post: FBI Flexes Rule 41 Powers, Uses Remote Access Technique To Neutralize Compromised Software All Over The US
FBI - No problem, we fix
They have been practicing:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170411/09411837126/fbi-tries-new-rule-41-changes-siz e-fight-against-long-running-botnet.shtml
See, no problem.
On the post: Senators Warn Feebly Regulated Ad Data Is Being Exploited By Governments Worldwide
Re: Ron Wyden
This may shine light on Wyden's reasons:
July 10, 2020
https://www.vice.com/en/article/889m4b/senator-wyden-stop-agencies-buying-data-warrant
WashDC is a viper pit and all of us are Indiana Jones.
On the post: Deconstructing Justice Thomas' Pro-Censorship Statement
Re: Lifetime Appointments BAD
Lifetime Appointment is not bad in my opinion. What is bad is Thomas making statements that are out of touch with reality. The question is why are the other Justices allowing this?
Maybe there is a retire him for cause? I have no idea how that would work - study time.
I'm sad the man I respect has started cutting out paper dolls.
On the post: What I Hope Tech CEOs Will Tell Congress: 'We're Not Neutral'
The CEOs got nothing but BS
I didn't listen to hearing 'cause reasons. I did read a headline that said the children on Facebook got big outrage, committee member implied FB knows under 13yo are using FB and that is illegal. Of course it is a trap so committee can say "the law was broken" (all caps). I just stopped reading because the disingenuousness was too much for me.
On the post: Law Firm Hoping To Add Legal Losses To Plaintiffs' Gambling Losses By Suing Google, Apple Over Casino Apps
Virtual Casino, Horse Racing and State Laws
I do not play casino games, cards, dice, fantasy sports so I may not get why suing for losses makes sense
It all begins with the phrase, "Download app for free". I think I see how Virtual Casino works, it's a game that you pay real money via credit card, to play. When you get stuck in some bad luck at poker, fold, the "points" which were purchased go to the house. When you get winning hand of poker your "points" go up.
If it's a bad luck day and the player hits up credit card to keep playing to get back to even then it's the player who is to blame. I don't understand how playing a game via app, which has all kinds of warnings about "in app purchases" gets lawsuit.
Maybe I'm missing the point - Not a physical casino, a game, the game is doing something like pay $xx.xx to get to the next level but in terms of raise, call or fold.
Horse Racing and State Law:
I bet the ponies now and then, it's fun. Going to the track is why it is fun - can't imagine betting on Virtual Horses in a game app, it is pointless. The difference is horse betting via regulated off track betting (OTB) app is not a game, live races, real money. I was in South Carolina trying to bet on a horse race using the app interface to OTB and got "Login not allowed from state you are located".
There are many reasons for that and I could not say why. I wonder if something as mundane as suing to recapture losses is one reason.
How wrong am I? Really, they were playing simcity or other connected people and lost - walk away or don't play any game that wants $ so you advance.
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